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Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

François Truffaut, Brilliant Director Who Gave You the Award Winning "The 400 Blows", Now Brings to the Screen a Fascinating New Work That Plays in Many Keys...All of Them Delightful!

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Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and ask for Charlie's help while on the run from gangsters they have scammed, he aids their escape. Soon Charlie and Lena, a waitress at the same bar, face trouble when the gangsters arrive, looking for his brothers.

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Cast

  • Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan
  • Marie Dubois Marie Dubois Léna
  • Nicole Berger Nicole Berger Thérèse Saroyan
  • Michèle Mercier Michèle Mercier Clarisse
  • Serge Davri Serge Davri Plyne
  • Claude Mansard Claude Mansard Momo
  • Richard Kanayan Richard Kanayan Fido Saroyan
  • Albert Rémy Albert Rémy Chico Saroyan
  • Jean-Jacques Aslanian Richard Saroyan
  • Daniel Boulanger Daniel Boulanger Ernest
  • Claude Heymann Lars Schmeel
  • Alex Joffé Alex Joffé Passerby
  • Boby Lapointe Boby Lapointe Le chanteur
  • Catherine Lutz Mammy
  • Laure Paillette Laure Paillette La mère (uncredited)
  • Alice Sapritch Alice Sapritch Concierge (uncredited)

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